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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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